Peter Dirken Regional Manager West Midlands Innovation Lead – Trade and Inward Investment @PeterDirken
Investing in science, Upgrading Improving Delivering affordable Driving growth research & infrastructure procurement energy & clean across the whole innovation growth country Developing skills Supporting Encouraging trade & Cultivating world- Creating the right businesses to inward investment leading sectors local institutions start & grow
Investing in science, research and innovation We must become a more innovative economy and do more to commercialise our world leading science base to drive growth across the UK Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund ▪ Industry-led and powered by multi-disciplinary research and business academic collaboration ▪ Develop UK industries that are fit for the future, driving progress in technologies where the UK can become a world-leader in research and commercialisation
Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund Medicines manufacturing technologies Robots for a safer world Batteries for clean and flexible energy storage Self-driving vehicles Manufacturing and materials of the future Satellites and space technology
Medicines manufacturing £197m technologies over 4 years Developing first-of-a-kind technologies for the manufacture of medicines that will speed up patient access to new drugs and treatments, building on the exporting strengths of the UK’s biopharmaceutical sector
Robots for a £93m safer world over 4 years Making industry and public services more productive, by developing artificial intelligence and robotics systems that can be deployed in extreme environments which occur in off-shore energy, nuclear energy, space and deep mining
Batteries for clean and £246m flexible energy over 4 years storage The Faraday Challenge - Helping UK businesses seize the opportunities presented by the transition to a low carbon economy, to ensure the UK leads the world in the design, development and manufacture of batteries for the electrification of vehicles
Driverless £38m cars over 4 years Developing the next generation of artificial intelligence and control systems needed to ensure the UK is at the forefront of the driverless cars revolution
Manufacturing and materials £26m of the future over 4 years Supporting the UK’s civil aerospace industry to develop the next generation of affordable lightweight composite materials for aerospace, automotive and other advanced manufacturing sectors
Satellites £99m and space technology over 4 years Funding for a satellite test facility supporting new launch technologies and the manufacturing and testing capabilities that will allow the UK to construct future satellites and deliver payloads into orbit
Supporting UK innovative We can’t stop businesses today in thinking about developing the industries the future of tomorrow
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